← SCP Cost Explorer Read on SCP Wiki ↗
SCP-9083 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-9083
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$614K
Annual recurring
$1.4M
Personnel
10
One-time setup and intake estimated at $614,200; recurring annual operations approx. $1,395,640/yr driven primarily by personnel, ongoing research/monitoring, legal/IT, and a 15% contingency reserve.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $614K
Initial Research And Lab Setup $367K
[#5, #6, #7, #21] Initial locating/intake/background checks, baseline psychological test battery, initial MRI/fMRI scans, and seed setup for small research program.
Equipment $110K
[#8, #12, #13] EEG/workstation procurement, secure server/encryption setup, and initial monitoring software/custom dev.
Incident Response Reserve Seed $100K
[#17] Seed reserve for emergency response / rapid remediation.
Facilities $15K
[#11] Office fit-out / secure interview room setup.
Initial Training $10K
[#16] Initial staff training workshops and consultant fees.
Initial Field Travel $7K
[#14] Initial 36-household visits / intake travel.
Containment Medical Supplies $5K
[#18] One-time purchase of mobile medical kits and emergency equipment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.4M/yr
Staff Wages $700K/yr
[#1, #2, #3, #4] 6 case officers, 2 monitoring analysts, 1 senior researcher (PI), 1 administrative support (salaries + benefits and admin software included).
Research And Monitoring $196K/yr
[#6, #7, #21] Annual follow-up psychological testing, targeted imaging follow-ups, and recurring small-scale containment research program costs.
Contingency Overhead $182K/yr
[#22] 15% contingency / institutional overhead applied to recurring direct costs.
Cover Story And Legal $80K/yr
[#15] Legal counsel retainer, liability insurance and legal response budget.
Facilities Maintenance $72K/yr
[#11] Rent (2,000 sq ft) and utilities/cleaning.
Counseling And Mental Health $43K/yr
[#10] Therapy / crisis counseling sessions for 72 subjects (4 sessions/yr @ $150/session).
Participant Compensation $32K/yr
[#9] Household stipends to maintain voluntary cooperation (36 households @ $200/mo).
Incident Response Replenish $25K/yr
[#17] Annual replenishment / contingency top-ups for rapid-response fund as used.
Logistics And Transport $15K/yr
[#14] Ongoing field travel for visits, interviews, and urgent investigations.
Supplies And Consumables $13K/yr
[#8, #18, #20] EEG consumables, medical replacement supplies, office consumables/secure courier petty cash.
Monitoring Software Licenses $12K/yr
[#13] Commercial OSINT / social-media monitoring subscriptions or licensing.
Secure It And Storage $10K/yr
[#12] Cloud storage, backups, SIEM hosting and secure video storage recurring costs.
Records And Compliance $10K/yr
[#19] Records retention, FOIA/compliance handling and administrative processing.
Training And Development $5K/yr
[#16] Annual refreshes and occasional workshops/consultant training.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.4M/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, follow-ups, and research as budgeted.
routine_monitoring scheduled_followups no_leaks_or_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$50K vs baseline
Localized information leak or subject distress requiring emergency field responses, extra legal work, and temporary surge staffing.
localized_info_leak urgent_field_visits small_legal_actions
🚨 Major Breach $2.1M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Significant public dissemination of the false-memory event requiring large-scale remediation (legal, relocation, mass amnestics or equivalent), high-profile legal defense, and extended response.
widespread_public_exposure multi-jurisdictional_legal_action mass_remediation
🚨 Research Scale Up $1.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$350K vs baseline
Decision to expand containment research into a larger program with increased imaging, staff, and participant enrollment.
research_funding_obtained approved_expanded_protocols increased_imaging_and_staff
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Field Officer / Case Officer 6 [#1] Dedicated case officers for weekly check-ins and coordination.
Monitoring Analyst / SOC 2 [#2] Analysts for OSINT/social monitoring and triage.
Research Scientist 1 [#3] Senior researcher / PI oversight of protocols and interpretation.
Administrative Staff 1 [#4] Admin assistant and case-management system administration.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes are fairly detailed on personnel and many line items, allowing a reasonable recurring estimate; significant uncertainty remains around research scale, optional imaging breadth, and low-probability high-cost incidents which produce material variance.
← SCP-9081 ↑ All SCPs SCP-9084 →